Food Grade Chemicals Brochure

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Sodium Benzoate Sodium benzoate is a preservative commonly used in many processed food such as beverages, salads, relishes, and sauerkraut etc. Sodium benzoate is frequently used in processed foods to prevent the growth of bacteria, yeast or other nasty microorganisms that could spoil food. Sodium benzoate occurs naturally, along with benzoic acid and its esters and it is also produced synthetically by the neutralization of benzoic acid, by partial oxidation of toluene with oxygen. It is soluble in water and it has numerous industrial applications.

Food industry application - Sodium benzoate is a major preservative and antioxidant use in the food industry. It has an antifungal property which creates an environment in which fungi and other microbial organism cannot grow and spread thereby protecting foods from invasion by fungi that cause food to spoil which could be harmful to the body. Sodium benzoate works by entering the individual cells in the food and balancing its pH level, increasing the overall acidity of the food by lowering the intracellular pH of certain foods.

Pharmaceutical and medical application - It also serves as a preservative and a capsule lubricant use in the pharmaceutical and manufacturing industry. It is also one of the major ingredients in the treatment of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, Treatment of hyperargininaemia, Treatment of argininosuccinic aciduria, etc.

Other industrial applications of sodium benzoate – · Paint additives and coating additives · Plating agents and surface treating agents · Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticide) · Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents · Oxidizing/reducing agents.

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POTASSIUM SORBATE Potassium sorbate is a food grade chemical additive. It is an odourless, very soluble in water and tasteless salt produced from potassium hydroxide and sorbic acid. Potassium sorbate is primarily used as a preservative in a number of foods, since its antimicrobial properties stop the growth and spread of harmful bacteria and molds thereby increase the shelf life of foods and so many other dietary.

Potassium sorbate is a popular preservative because it’s effective and doesn't change the qualities of a product, such as taste, smell, or appearance and it is effective in a variety of industrial applications including wine, food, dietary supplement, and personal care products. Potassium sorbate is very safe as food preservatives on edible products when it is used appropriately according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

As a wine stabilizing agent - it’s usually added to wine after active fermentation has completed. The work of potassium sorbate in wine is to prevent spoilage by yeasts and molds in the finished wine. It does this by rendering any surviving yeast incapable of multiplying. Yeast living at that moment can continue fermenting any residual sugar into CO2 and alcohol and to prevent further fermentation of sugars added after fermentation such as when you back sweeten a wine.

As a food preservative additive - Potassium sorbate prolongs the shelf life of processed foods products by stopping the growth of mold, yeast, and fungi. It is basically an active ingredient for curbing the growth of these microorganisms that cause the decomposing of the food materials. Potassium sorbate inhibits such growth and in turn increases the life of the food product.

Preservative in personal care products - An important ingredient in personal care products and cosmetics. It is used as a substitute for parabens. It is an active ingredient of the daily shampoos, conditioners, lotions, bath gels and other cosmetics that we use on a daily basis.

Below are some of the products where potassium sorbate may be found · ice cream · pickles · soft drinks and juices · wine · yogurt · eye shadow and other cosmetics · shampoos and moisturizers · contact lens solution · apple cider · baked goods · canned fruits and vegetables · cheeses · dried meats · dried fruit Contact us at Epoxy Oilserv Limited for the supply of potassium sorbate and other food grade chemical additives. You can also shop online at GZ Industrial Supplies for Chemicals etc.

POTASSIUM IODATE Potassium iodate (KIO3) is a white crystalline food grade chemical additive. It is a simple ionic molecule made up of potassium and iodate and it is chemically synthesized from potassium and iodine by adding iodine to a hot, concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide. Potassium iodate is used in many industrial applications; food industry, manufacturing of iodine compounds, animal feed supplement, pharmaceutical, and to prevent the accumulation of radioactive iodine.

Food industry – It is used as a chemical additive/ingredient in the food industry as a dietary supplement. It is an ingredient in the production of some baby milk; it is also an ingredient in some baby formula milk. Used as a maturing agent in baking bread production to strengthen the dough and to allow higher rising.

Often used as a source for dietary iodine and for iodination of table salt to prevent goiter and other iodine deficiency in the human body Other applications of potassium iodate include · Photography and as analytical reagents. · They are used in the measurement of the energy of gamma rays, by measuring the amplitude of pulses of light generated by electrons which are excited by the gamma rays. · To treat hyperthyroidism, in radiation emergencies, and to protect the thyroid gland when certain types of radiopharmaceuticals are used. · They are used in organic synthesis as well. · Potassium iodate has been used as a mucolytic agent. · Potassium iodate is used as a heat stabilizer · As a catalyst in synthetic fiber manufacturing.

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PHOSPHORIC ACID 85% Phosphoric acid 85% is a food grade inorganic acid produced from phosphoric ore by first reducing it with coke in an electric arc furnace to produced highpurity phosphorus pentoxide which is dissolved in water to yield phosphorus acid. The phosphoric acid produced in this process may be further purified by removing compounds of arsenic and other potentially toxic. Phosphoric acid solutions are colourless, odourless, and non-volatile and a syrupy liquid, but still pourable, basically used as food additives and for many industrial applications.

Phosphoric acid is used across many industries for a wide variety of production processes, commonly required by laboratories. Its applications include: Food additives: It is used to acidify foods, vegetable oil processing, and beverages such as various colas and jams.

Medicine: It is an important ingredient in some medications used to combat nausea. Phosphoric acid is used in dentistry and orthodontics as an etching solution, to clean and roughen the surfaces of teeth where dental appliances or fillings will be placed, it is also a constituent in bone and teeth, and plays a role in many metabolic processes.

Water hardness: Phosphoric Acid removes water hardness, milkstone deposits and other oxide films safely when compared with alternative acids.

Treating rust: Phosphoric acid shows strong corrosiveness on ferrous and ferrous alloys. It may be used by direct application to rusted iron, steel tools, or surfaces to convert iron oxide (rust) to a water-soluble phosphate compound and the resultant black compound can provide further corrosion resistance.

Agriculture: Phosphorus acid is used for plant nutrition, pH adjustment and cleansing irrigation equipment (notably dripper lines) from lime precipitation.

It is a rich source of phosphorus for plants. It is suitable for greenhouse crops, open field crops and fruit trees.

Features and properties: Properties: - Colorless, transparent and syrupy liquid; Oduorless and tastes very sour; - Freezing point: 21℃ - Boiling point: 158℃; Easily soluble in water and resolved in ethanol; - May irritate human skin to cause phlogosis and destroy the issue of human body. Contact us at Epoxy OilServ Limited for high quality phosphorus acid 85%.

FERRIC CHLORIDE 40% Ferric chloride also known as iron lll chloride as the generic name. Ferric chloride is the concentrated solution of 40% ferric chloride free from any contaminant such as hydrochloric acid and ferrous chloride. It is basically use for water and sludge treatment. The appearance of the solution is lightly opalescent and it is mixable with water, highly corrosive to most metals and non combustible chemical compound.

Production of Ferric Chloride 40% The process of production of ferric chloride 40% is carried out by using hypochlorous acid as an oxidizing agent in the presence hydrochloric acid and ferrous chloride. The chlorine gas produced in the course of this reaction is used to further oxidize ferrous chloride to produce the final product ferric chloride solution free of any contaminants ferrous chloride and hydrochloric acid. It can also be produced by Iron scraps method where the ferrous chloride solution resulting from iron dissolution with ferric chloride is filtered and further oxidized with chloride to produce ferric chloride.

Application of Ferric Chloride 40% Ferric chloride has several applications and it can use as a dilute and undiluted product but note that the concentration of the solution can be checked by gravimetric before application. Applications of ferric chloride include; water purification, sewage treatment etc.

Water treatment - Ferric Chloride serves as a flocculants and coagulant agent in water treatment. It promotes faster sedimentation by reacting with the hydroxide ion to form a floc of iron(III) hydroxide, or more precisely formulated as FeO(OH) that can remove suspended materials. It promotes better sedimentation in cold water, making it an ideal choice for the industry. Other applications in water treatment include high and low turbidity removal, enhanced coagulation, precursor removal, colour removal, arsenic reduction softening solids sedimentation aid, and as a filtration aid.

As a Catalyst - ferric chloride is used as catalyst for the reaction of ethylene with chlorine, forming ethylene dichloride (1,2-dichloroethane). It is also use as Lewis acid for catalysing reactions such as chlorination of aromatic compounds and Friedel-Crafts reaction of aromatics.

Production of printed circuit boards – It aid in the production of copper(II) chloride that is a main ingredient in printing circuit boards.

Other applications of ferric chloride include – · Used in veterinary practice to treat over cropping of an animal's claws. · Used in anhydrous form as a drying reagent in certain reactions. · Used in energy storage systems. · Used to test the pitting and crevice corrosion resistance of stainless steels and other alloys · Used in water and wastewater treatment to precipitate phosphate as iron(III) phosphate. Click here to read more on applications of ferric chloride Contact us at Epoxy Oilserv Limited for supply of ferric chloride 40%. Our ferric chloride is appreciated by our numerous clients for its purity and accurate in composition. You can also shop online for large stock of our chemicals in stock and other products at GZ Industrial Supplies.

FERROUS SULPHATE Ferrous sulphate, also known as iron (II) sulphate is an inorganic salt with the formula FeSO4. It exists in nature as heptahydrated salt and in several other hydrated forms while the anhydrous ferrous sulphate is obtained from the reaction between elemental iron and tetraosulphate acid, to yield ferrous sulphate and hydrogen gas or by Oxidation of pyrites in air followed by leaching and treatment with scrap iron. It is corrosive and fluoresces in dry air; its anhydride form is a white powder, which turns blue-green when reacting with water. Click here to read more.

Applications of Ferrous Sulphate Medical use- Ferrous sulfate is used together with other irons to fortify foods and for the treatment and prevention of iron deficiency.

Food additives: Ferrous sulfate can also be used as a food additive, pigment, raw material for the electronics industry, hydrogen sulfide deodorant Water and sewage treatment– It is used in the purification of water by flocculation and for phosphate and heavy metal ions removal in industrial sewage treatment plants to prevent eutrophication of surface water bodies. It is particularly applicable for decolorization and COD removal in printing and dyeing wastewater, and for ferrite co-precipitation in electroplating waste.

Reducing agent and as Industrial catalyst – Ferrous sulphate acts as a reducing agent in some industrial processes. It is used to reduce chromate in cement to a harmless chromium (III) compound. Also as a It reacts with oxygen in the air to produce a brown coating of iron(III) sulfate and iron(III) oxide. It is used as the iron catalyst component of Fenton's reagent.

Agriculture – Ferrous sulphate is used in lowering the pH of a high alkaline soil so that plants can access the soil's nutrients, treating iron chlorosis and moss killer.

Gold refining - It is used in gold refining to precipitate metallic gold from auric chloride solutions (gold dissolved in solution with aqua regia).

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